Devops for Dummies

• Discover the competitive advantages of DevOps
• Adopt DevOps-friendly tech, including cloud and containers
• Convert your organization to DevOps methodology

Join the DevOps revolution! With DevOps, you can accelerate the software delivery life cycle? once you understand the processes, tools, and mindset that drives DevOps culture. This book helps software engineers and tech executives transform their organizations to adopt a DevOps framework. Learn to create a more customer-centric, iterative style of development and delivery that increases collaboration, eliminates bottlenecks, and accelerates team productivity. Inside. . .

• Identify your bottlenecks
• Build your DevOps framework
• Get your team on board
• Adapt organizational culture
• Learn from failure
• Prepare for incident management
• Automate manual processes

Foreword xvii
Introduction 1
Part 1: Demystifying DevOps 5
Chapter 1: Introducing DevOps 7
Chapter 2: Designing Your Organization 15
Chapter 3: Identifying Waste 31
Chapter 4: Persuading Colleagues to Try DevOps 43
Chapter 5: Measuring Your Organization 59
Part 2: Establishing a Pipeline 69
Chapter 6: Embracing the New Development Life Cycle 71
Chapter 7: Planning Ahead 79
Chapter 8: Designing Features from a DevOps Perspective 95
Chapter 9: Developing Code 111
Chapter 10: Automating Tests Prior to Release 129
Chapter 11: Deploying a Product 139
Part 3: Connecting the Circuit 159
Chapter 12: Implementing Rapid Iteration 161
Chapter 13: Creating Feedback Loops around the Customer 175
Chapter 14: DevOps Isn't a Team (Except When It Is) 189
Chapter 15: Empowering Engineers 205
Part 4: Practicing Kaizen, the Art of Continuous Improvement 217
Chapter 16: Embracing Failure Successfully 219
Chapter 17: Preparing for Incidents 229
Chapter 18: Conducting Post-Incident Reviews 251
Part 5: Tooling Your DevOps Practice 261
Chapter 19: Adopting New Tools 263
Chapter 20: Managing Distributed Systems 275
Chapter 21: Migrating to the Cloud 295
Part 6: The Part of Tens 307
Chapter 22: Top Ten (Plus) Reasons That DevOps Matters 309
Chapter 23: Top Ten DevOps Pitfalls 315
Index 323